On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the River Euphrates #– #the king of Assyria #– #to shave the hair on your heads, the hair on your legs, and even your beards.
the Lord will certainly bring against them the mighty rushing water of the River Euphrates – the king of Assyria and all his glory. It will overflow its channels and spill over all its banks.
‘Son of man, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon made his army labour strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder chafed, but he and his army received no compensation from Tyre for the labour he expended against it.
Does an axe exalt itself above the one who chops with it? Does a saw magnify itself above the one who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the ones who lift it! It would be like a staff lifting the one who isn’t wood!
The Lord will divide , the Gulf of Suez. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates with his mighty wind and will split it into seven streams, letting people walk through on foot.
Now what will you gain by travelling along the way to Egypt to drink the water of the Nile? What will you gain by travelling along the way to Assyria to drink the water of the Euphrates?